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Call of the Wild
43 words from the oh-so-wonderful book Call of the Wild
Question | Answer |
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Manifested | Showed plainly; revealed; displayed |
Importuned | Repeatedly entreated |
Inexorable | stubborn |
ignominiously | shamefully; dishonorably |
Wheedling | persuading by means of flattery; coaxing |
Malignant | Wishing evil |
Vicarious | Shared in by imagined participation in another's expreience |
Callowness | Youthful inexperience; immaturity |
Unwonted | uncustomary; unusualy |
sated | completely satisfied |
Introspective | tending to look into one's own mind and feelings |
Prostrate | Lying flat, especially face downward |
Primordial | Existing from the beginning;ancient |
Voracious | Greedy in eating |
Ebbed | Lessened |
Malingerer | One who pretends to be unfit for work |
Vexation | Annoyance; distress |
Conciliated | Made frienddly; pacified |
Salient | Noticeable; conspicious |
Intimated | Hinted; implied |
Morose | Ill-tempered; gloomy |
Latent | Present but invisible; lying hidden |
Paroxysms | Sudden outbursts |
Amenities | Courteous social behavior |
Appeasement | Giving in to an aggressive power to keep peace |
Wraith | A ghost that supposedly appears as a sign that someone is about to die |
Imperiously | arrogantly |
Consignment | shipment |
Usurp | Seize control of; overthrow |
Eddy | whirlpool |
Progeny | children |
Averred | Stated positively; affirmed |
Calamity | Deep trouble or misery; disaster |
Obdurate | Unyielding; unrelenting |
Repugnance | Extreme dislike |
Waxed | increased |
Celerity | speed |
throttled | choked; strangled |
Lacerated | torn jaggedly; mangled |
Mandate | authoritative order or command |
Rampant | Growing luxuriantly; spreading unchecked |
Cadences | Rhythmic tones; rise and fall of the voice |
Wantonness | Immoral or unchaste; lewd |